News about the "Better Call Saul" cast has been making waves on the internet, as every character in the hit AMC series play their parts so beautifully that fans just cant seem to get enough of them and the show.
Previous reports published an interview with Michael McKean, who plays the goody-two-shoes lawyer Chuck. This time, Raymond Cruz, also known as the notorious, highly volatile Tuco Salamanca sat down for an interview with Esquire.
Cruz showed his excitement after he was called to reprise the role of the bad guy played in "Breaking Bad."
"When they were getting close to production, they called and asked if I would do the first two episodes. I was so excited. It was interesting to go back and revisit the character after a certain amount of time," he said.
Aside from being part of the "Better Call Saul" Cast, Cruz also plays detective Julio Sanchez, in another TV series, "Major Crimes."
In it, he plays a good guy. So when the source cited above asked him if it was a relief to take a break from acting as the good guy to acting as the bad guy, he answered, "I don't really look at him that way. I don't put those kinds of judgments on the character. I just allow him to breathe. What he thinks he's doing is right, so I don't really see him as being bad."
He added, "I look at it afterward and watch the show, I'm like, "He's a badass," but when I'm doing it I really don't think of it that way. It's a really difficult part, because it's so demanding mentally emotionally, physically. I do pretty much all my own stunts, so I get drained by the time I'm done shooting a scene."
At the latter part of the interview, Cruz was asked how his level of comfortability is with his character Tuco being violent on set.
"I worked in a mortuary for four years, so I saw a lot. I've broken several bones, so I know how it feels. So I'm not as squeamish as a lot of other people are. Shooting movies I've dislocated both arms, I've broken a hand, I've damaged tendons, so it's like, 'OK, let's keep shooting,'" he concluded.
The list of the "Better Call Saul" Cast members is still changing as the series is still ongoing under AMC.
